What causes you to do laundry.
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Narz
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That's pretty indulgent.
I steadily throw clothes into the washer and then add soap and turn it on once I get a 'load' full, usually in three days or so.
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I normally don't "run out of" jeans, shorts, or other pants because I wear a single pair multiple times before I wash them. Shirts, socks, and underwear aren't recycled as easily so they end up forcing me to start the wash and then I just throw in pants while I'm at it.
Borachio
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Yup. That's the way to get everything looking nicely grey.
It's fine if you wash in cold water. Americans mostly are just wasting energy and time by washing in hot water.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/b...t-a-chilly-reception.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Borachio
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OK. I'll give it a try. I hadn't thought about it for some reason. So, thanks.
I've taken to washing dishes in cold water lately, and it seems fine. Provided I'm quick about getting stuff into soak. And there's not a lot of greasy stuff involved.
I've taken to washing dishes in cold water lately, and it seems fine. Provided I'm quick about getting stuff into soak. And there's not a lot of greasy stuff involved.
I do my laundry when I need to shop, but this generally coincides with running out of underwear. The laundry has more washing machines than dryers, and the dryers also take longer, so if you don't get there in the morning (i.e. before 9am) you end up having to wait for a dryer once the washing machine is finished. The other viable option is doing it around midnight. Early morning is also when the supermarket is least busy, which is what you want to aim for because they funnel everyone through like two checkouts. Because you know, 'German efficiency'.
You don't really need dryers, you can pretty easily hang dry everything except bed sheets.
My place has no windows and no air flow unless I open one of the doors, so already has moisture issues, even with exhaust fans running constantly. I also don't have enough room to spread things out, or much to spread things out on. I've tried drying some things inside, and it just doesn't work as a practical thing to do unless I've just got a few of the thinnest poly-cotton shirts or something. It's not going to work for jeans and cotton socks. Putting clothes out on the balcony is an option at this time of year (if I had a clothes horse), but not the rest.
Certainly back in Australia my family never uses a dryer unless it's been raining for a few days or something.
Certainly back in Australia my family never uses a dryer unless it's been raining for a few days or something.
I thought so too, but then I realized I was doing laundry based on some limiting factor. Getting new undershirts is really cheap, and each undershirt I get basically delays when my next laundryday is by one day. Over time, I think it actually creates a saving.
Why do laundry? Just buy what you plan to wear for the week ahead.
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Hang on, though. That's the Soylent guy, right? Why does he need a freezer?
Only tenuously related, but:
An English horror author who is a friend of mine (has a book as well
), is working on his very cool idea which begins with someone's head found turning inside the drum of a laundrette's washer. "[...] his money-laundering career finished" 
I always hope he will complete the story cause it is extremely funny as a starting premise
An English horror author who is a friend of mine (has a book as well
), is working on his very cool idea which begins with someone's head found turning inside the drum of a laundrette's washer. "[...] his money-laundering career finished" I always hope he will complete the story cause it is extremely funny as a starting premise
madviking
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two weeks or if i run out of underwear, whichever comes first
